Casey Aldridge Injured and Charged in Car Accident

Casey Aldridge (19), who is the fiance of Jamie Lynn Spears (18), was in a car accident at 1:30 am Sunday morning. Jamie is by Casey’s side at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.

The 19-year-old Aldridge was driving his Ford F-250 truck in rural Tensas Parish, La. around 1:20 a.m. with four male friends when he lost control of his vehicle. Aldridge’s truck flipped over at least once after he drifted off the road and overcorrected.

Casey has received a careless operation traffic citation, a misdemeanor, which is defined as "operating a motor vehicle and endangering the life, limb and property of any person, including oneself," according to Louisiana State Trooper Mark Dennis.

Dennis also confirmed details of the crash saying, "There were four occupants in addition to the driver in the truck, all male, and three of the five total people were ejected from the vehicle in the crash. One of those was indeed Casey Aldridge."

Dennis stated that Aldridge was transported from the scene of the accident to Riverland Medical Facility in Ferriday, La. prior to troopers arriving to investigate and was said to have "moderate injuries." Meanwhile, a representative at Riverland confirmed that Aldridge was treated earlier at their facility, but that "he is not here now."

According to reports, Aldridge cracked his skull and one pal suffered a broken collarbone, but Dennis said:

"The other passengers reported minor injuries. It’s my understanding that none of them required treatment at the scene and refused to be taken to a medical facility."

Driving under the influence has been raised since news of Aldridge’s accident broke this morning, but Dennis said:

"The trooper investigating the scene had no probable cause to request chemical tests so at this time there’s no reason to suspect alcohol or drug use on the part of the driver."

There reports earlier today that said Casey was going for brain surgery to remove a blood clot. Right now we are hearing Casey has a hairline skull fracture, but a family member says Casey did not have brain surgery.

It seems no one in the truck was wearing a seatbelt. Next time maybe they’ll know better.

We wish everyone who was injured a speedy recovery.